[BUG] Claude plugin in WebStorm can't see claude, claude can't see IDE when using GitBash as Terminal application
Status Closed — not planned
Maintainer reply None cached
Activity 11 comments · opened Oct 10, 2025 · closed Feb 28, 2026
Preflight Checklist
- [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
- [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
- [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code
What's Wrong?
When terminal application (shell) is set to GitBash (C:\Program FIles\Git\bin\bash.exe) in Webstorm:
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Claude code cannot see any available IDEs:
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as well as Claude plugin cannot find Claude code:
<img width="328" height="163" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bc0851d5-638b-4b2d-9c9e-dfc3a9997eda" />
What Should Happen?
Claude code should find IDE, claude plugin should find claude code.
Error Messages/Logs
Steps to Reproduce
- Install Git for Windows
- Install Node.js
- Install claude using GitBash & npm (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code)
- Set GitBash as your default shell (Settings > Tools > Terminal > Shell path: C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe)
- Install Claude plugin
- Start Claude with plugin - claude will run, but error will appear
- Type /ide in claude - no matching IDEs will be found
Claude Model
None
Is this a regression?
I don't know
Last Working Version
_No response_
Claude Code Version
2.0.13
Platform
Anthropic API
Operating System
Windows
Terminal/Shell
Other
Additional Information
_No response_
11 Comments
Found 1 possible duplicate issue:
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I do not believe it's a strict duplicate. Different environment (WebStorm vs VS Code), different Claude CLI versions.
I have the same setup and experience the same issues most of the time. It sometimes works. Most reliable is opening Claude first separately then Webstorm. For a while it started working within webstorm, so I thought the issue had been fixed, but no longer (and unfortunately I was not paying sufficient close attention to the claude code version to know if that changed. I know the plugin didn't).
I also noticed that claude code seems to lag on typing, autocompletion, etc. when opened in git bash inside webstorm (at least for a few first minutes), but it can't be observed when opened in git bash standalone.
No matter if I open it using a plugin or by typing claude in terminal.
Maybe that's related to some failing IDE detection/communication tries. I don't know, but it should be checked.
It's rather not a machine performance issue (i9-9820X @ 3.30GHz, 64GB of RAM, RTX 2070, NVMe M.2 drive, pretty recent Win11 install).
Two months later it's still an issue with claude-code@2.0.59 & claude-code-plugin@0.1.13-beta
Can someone eventually take care of it?
It makes claude code use very limited for users who don't have default terminal application (CMD) set in the IDE.
Still an issue
Still an issue with Claude Code 2.1.2
Agreed have the same issue had to switch to using WSL but that is slower and may end up bringing its own issues.
I managed to fix this with
rm -rf ~/.claude+ WebStorm restart on MacOSClosing for now — inactive for too long. Please open a new issue if this is still relevant.
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